In September 1952, Dr. William Hammon conducted the first placebo-controlled field trial of gamma globulin that, in just…
In 1951, the FDA approved the use of antibiotics on animals. In 1943, farmers in the U.S. found…
In 1949, the FDA approved nitrogen mustard to kill cancer cells.
In 1949, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published guidance to industry for the first time. This guidance,…
On Aug. 3, 1946, the articles of incorporation were signed by Governor Roy J. Turner that established the…
On Aug. 27, 1942, chemotherapy was first used to treat a cancer patient and the beginning of its…
On Dec. 1, 1941, in response to the emergency need for insulin standards, the USP formed an Insulin…
On Jun. 25, 1938, the U.S. Congress passed the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with new provisions….
In 1938, under the Wheeler-Lea Act passed by the U.S. Congress, the Federal Trade Commission is charged with…
On Nov. 16, 1937, the U.S. Congress directed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to give a full…
In 1933, the FDA recommended a complete revision of the obsolete 1906 Food and Drugs Act. The first…
On May 7, 1930, the McNary-Mapes Amendment to the Pure Food and Drugs Act was passed. The so-called…
In 1930, the name of the Food, Drug, and Insecticide Administration was shortened to Food and Drug Administration…
In 1923, William Mansfield Clark from the U.S. Department of Agriculture alerted the public to the dangers of…
On Mar. 15, 1912, Dr. Harvey Wiley, “Father of the Pure Food and Drugs Act,” resigned as chief…
On Apr. 13, 1911, U.S. v. Johnson, the Supreme Court ruled against the government, finding that the product’s…
On Jun. 30, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Act, and the meat inspection…
On Feb. 27, 1906, Upton Sinclair’s book The Jungle was published. The book gave graphic descriptions of the…
In 1899, Association of Official Agricultural Chemists (now AOAC International) established a Committee on Food Standards headed by…
In 1202, King John of England proclaimed the first English food law, the Assize of Bread, which prohibited…